Looking for aviation museums

[JulioHunt]

I am on the Board of Directors for a Michigan open house and air show. I've got a strange inquiry that I'm hoping some of you can answer. I'm looking for aviation museums, or even privately held military planes, in the Great Lakes Region, similar to the Yankee Air Museum and Liberty Aviation Museum. That brings them to airshows for static displays or a few passes? I've looked, but many of the museums' websites don't specify whether their aircraft are flight worthy. I'm hoping to invite additional planes to participate in our future events. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

[kalamazookid]

Tri-State Warbird Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio has a P-40, P-51, B-25, Fw-190 and TBM that they book for airshow appearances.
https://www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org/ ... pearances/

Champaign Aviation Museum has a B-25 and is working on getting a C-1 Trader airworthy.
https://www.champaignaviationmuseum.org/booking

Vintage Wings Inc. has a recently restored C-53.
https://www.vintagewingsinc.com/

You could try sending the A-26 "Silver Dragon" page a message to see if they respond. They are based in Iron Mountain, MI.
https://www.facebook.com/a26invaderllcc

TBM Avenger Inc. has a TBM. Phone number and contact on page.
http://tbmavenger.com/

Nostalgic Flights always seems to have connections and can help with booking.
http://www.nostalgicflights.com/

Warbird Heritage Foundation currently has an airworthy P-51, FG-1D, Skyraider and some vintage jets like an A-4 Skyhawk, F-86 and T-2. Email, phone and contact info on this page.
https://www.warbirdheritagefoundation.org/contact.html

CAF Indiana Wing has a C-45, T-6, BT-13 and PT-26 they give rides in. They are pretty active with bookings.
http://www.indianawingcaf.org/contact.html

There's also the PBY Catalina based in Aurora, IL. It is also available for rides.
http://historicairtours.com/ContactUs.asp

Hope this is enough of a starting point. Good luck! Keep us posted on your show!